Past Workshops

Arabic Type Design for Beginners 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

The workshop will consist of historical presentations and practical exercises on Arabic lettering and typeface design. It will introduce the participants to the basics of the Glyphs font authoring sof...

Advanced Arabic Type Design 2017

Khajag Apelian, Georg Seifert, Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

This workshop concentrates on advanced instruction for designers and is designed for those who have already taken previous Khatt Foundation Type Design workshops at Tashkeel, or designers that have ex...

Stop! Collaborate - Weltformat DXB

Mayar El Hayawan

The goal is to embed collaboration, verbal and visual exchange as sketching methods among young graphic designers, allowing them to further their communication and pitching skills as well as experimen...

Type Bazaar - Weltformat DXB

Erich Brechbühl and Noël Leu

Through teaching the fundamentals and basics of typography and lettering the group will design the lettering of a fictional shopfront by hand.

Poster Design Workshop

aftermodern.lab inc.

Introducing participants to the expanded field of visual communication and the broad definition of the discipline. This workshop is an exploration in research, concept development, illustration, photo...

Experimental Arabic Type Design

Dr. Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

The Khatt Foundation Experimental Arabic Type Design Workshop will consist of an intensive 4-day workshop that focuses on the experimental potential of Arabic typeface design and will pave the ground ...

Introduction to Rhinoceros

Mays Albaik

This workshop will introduce students to the basics of Computer-Aided design, and digital three-dimensional modelling and presentation methods.

Khatt Foundation: Arabic Type Design

The programme for the third Khatt Foundation Type Design Workshop at Tashkeel will cover the complex process of Arabic typeface design – from the creative inception phase, to drawing the letterforms, ...

​Modular Arabic Typeface (Part 2)

In the second part of Modular Arabic Typeface, participants will build on the modular alphabet created in the first workshop and develop a full typeface with all the contextual variants of each letter...

Modular Arabic Lettering (Part 1)

The workshop will focus on learning the basic rules of Arabic letters and type such as structure, proportions, shape and families.

Arabic Calligraphy and Design

The Arabic Calligraphy & Design workshop is composed of a series of lectures and hands-on tutorials that aim to develop the basic skills of calligraphy and explore the usage of calligraphy in design c...